...midlife marriage that are transitioning to the empty nest. We identify the social aspects of the marriage relationship and the midlife issues most couples face. We look at those that grieve and those that rejoice, when their nest empties, as well as the characteristics of those prone to depression during this major life event. The biological, psychological and spiritual adjustments that take place are analyzed as well as the varied reactions that parents feel during this time of loss in their lives. Lastly, we discuss the role that the Christian counselor plays and celebrate with those couples who have newfound freedom and have reconnected as a result of their nest empting. Empty Nest: Catastrophe or Transition Midlife marriage is a comfortable and rewarding time to experience. Most couples have successfully matured and built a great life together. They have a lot to be thankful for and are proud of the family they’ve raised. One of the major adjustments that occur during this time is when the children they’ve raised reach maturity and leave home. This marks a new beginning for parents known as the empty nest. In the 70s, sociologists popularized the term ‘empty-nest syndrome” to identify parents, especially mothers who experienced depression and loss of purpose and identity when their children left the nest (Clay, 2003). Although women are mentioned as suffering the most when the nest empties, men suffer too. According to Dr. Ilona L...
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...The prose “The Loom” is written by RL Sasika, this piece outlines how a mother’s sadness is expressed through the use of her loom’s colors. It introduces the reader to three daughters Jo, Linda and Sharon who got the loom for her mother. In fact it is the mother who tries to bring out happiness in her children. In reading this prose you get to know the mothers emotions with the use of symbolism and diction of the colors, each daughter tries to bring the mother out of sadness but in fact it is the mother who tries to make her family whole again through the use of symbolism. Throughout the prose the character of the writer uses a continuous metaphor to describe how the mother is sad with regards to the color she used while looming but the diction used is what really seals the deal. The voice of the author says: “She made sample after sample using the same subdued, muted colors” (Sasika line 10 &12). From the diction used, subdued and muted gives us insight on the character of the mother, a synonym of this is quite giving the reader the impression that the mother is also quite. Later on in the prose it goes on to say, “All in browns and neutral shades, the color she preferred”(Sasika), this line shows that the mother preferred colors, which reflected the mother’s sense of emotion through the use of the color of the string. The symbolism throughout the prose is portrayed by the different colors the mother uses to loom with which connects to her state of mind/emotion. She uses...
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...want to accomplish by returning to school. To begin, I started my family at the young age of fifteen and I graduated from high school with two babies. My dream of being a lawyer was shattered, however I did not want to spend my life on government assistance. In the meantime, I decided to attend a vocational school to obtain my nursing degree. The school was only for eleven months. After completing the program, it allowed me the opportunity to financially provide for my family. I raised five children, working as a licensed practical nurse for twenty three years. I was busy going through the motions of life, still trying to be a mother to my grown children that I realized that it is time I focus on what I need. I was feeling the empty nest syndrome as each of my children left home and moved on with their lives. I was depressed and felt alone. However, the person I least expected, gave me the best advice. I am thankful for the...
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...Empty Nest Syndrome Every single day that you are not with me, I think about you. I wonder what you are doing. I pray that you are safe, well and happy. May lord follow you wherever you go. No matter how old you are and no matter how far you travel, you’ll always be the most special element of my life. Such are the words of a parent who’s child leaves home for some or the other reason. May that be because of his/her education or a job. The empty nest syndrome is the feelings of sadness, depression and grief that are experienced by parents and caregivers once their children come of age and leave their parents’ home. Mostly women are affected than men with the empty nest syndrome maybe due to mothers’ experiences other significant changes in life. For most parents not being...
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...30-50….). 2. According to our course text, what are the years that are considered the ‘baby boomer” years of birth? ( Half a point) Baby boomers: 1946 to 1964 What are the two characteristics which distinguish the “baby boomers” from previous birth cohorts? (Half a point) Size of their families as there were less children being born than before and life experiences such as women in the work force. 3. According to our course text, what is “empty nest syndrome” (or postparental family) (Half a point) and is it shown by research that mothers have “empty nest syndrome” (Half a point) ? Empty nest syndrome is when the youngest moves away from home. What research has shown is that women in the past that were only mothers, wives, and homemakers go through the syndrome more so than women that not only have children, husbands, and homes to take care of, they also work and go to school. Therefore, psychologically, they are more equipped to handle the kids flying the nest. 4. According to our course text, do most elderly people reverse roles with their children or not? Yes. As they get older and...
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...(Henning, 2011). During an individual’s journey into adulthood, the individual will experience challenges, traumas, victories and defeats (Henning, 2011). After talking to Kelsey briefly, challenges I believe she is experiencing are empty nest syndrome as well as issues regarding her divorce from her husband Jin. One of the developmental challenge or issues I believe that Kelsey is experiencing is empty nest syndrome. During her marriage with Jin it was very important for Kelsey to have children, she placed value one herself as a women on her ability to have children. Now, that her twin girls are grown and off to college Kelsey may start to feel as if she is losing part of her identity. According to Liu and Guo (2007) the loneliness of the empty nest may be more profound for people in more interdependent cultures. While Kelsey considers herself Americanized, some aspects of her heritage still clearly plays a role in daily life, such as the importance of having children. Another developmental challenge I believe that...
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...Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are present in men and women aged 45-50 years, working in the private sector. The hypothesis was that there is a significant difference in the fatigue experienced by working men and working women. Results showed the t value higher than the critical value, indicating a significant difference in the scores of working men and women and therefore the hypothesis was accepted. CFS is most common among people in their 40s and 50s. Gender also plays an important role in CFS, as women are at least twice as likely to develop CFS as men. The thesis is centred on the fact that women are more prone to CFS than men. While scoring the checklist,...
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...Obtaining a University Degree is Extremely Important In my essay, I argue that in my world view obtaining a university degree is extremely important. I will define the term “World View” according to Hobson, Samovar and Porter. I will also discuss the factors that have influenced my world view of education and learning such as a vast experience of financial services experience in the UK and Australia, and more recent journey into the social business media space. I will also touch on what is important to me in my worldview and why these factors have ignited my ambition in acquiring a university degree. Samovar and Porterribing, describe as Worldview as being an “overarching philosophy or conception of the world” (2004, 1) and Hobson supports this by defining it as “a set of beliefs that we hold through which we organise our understanding of ourselves and our understanding of others” (1996, 2). Both agree that it influences a person's perceptions, beliefs, and values. We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. Gautama Siddharta A worldview is the paradigm of how people translate their meaning of their world; in other words, what we make of the world is our worldview. It is something taken for granted without having proof. A worldview is like a pair of reading glasses in that if you get the right prescription, your vision will be clear. However if the prescription is wrong; it could make your eyes worse...
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...job in other places from your own areas contribute towards both individuals themselves and societies. By living in foreign places, people are able to discover new ways of thinking and different lifestyles that makes them more tolerant and open-minded. In a long run, it is beneficial to eliminate preconceptions between different cultures. The convenient transports also generate the boom in tourism, and it will spur economic growth especially in small cities or nations which rely on tourism industry such as Singapore. In addition, However some problems will rise under this phenomenon, grown-up children leave their family to other city or country searching for decent jobs and seldom come back may let their families suffer from empty-nest syndrome. In addition, social security problems may occur because of a great number of foreign people flock to...
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...Have you ever considered doing foster care? If you haven’t you really should think about it! Foster care is an amazing thing to do, and will change your life forever! My mother loves kids and always has, and once she got a divorce she thought about doing it all the time. My mother is a single parent with two girls my sister Shelby that is 21 and me at 19. When my mom finally decided to fulfill her dream about doing foster care my sister was in her first year in college and I was just starting out freshmen year of high school. I always thought that my mom was experiencing empty nest syndrome early, but my mother is that type of women. We are now foster caring two little ones one little girl and one little boy! In this essay I am going to talk about the life of foster care family, and what experience you will have if you consider foster care....
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...reference to men, my focus is how does this affect women. In women we hear menopause as our “midlife crisis”. Menopause has been studied but it’s research is based on the physical changes women’s bodies go through. There is limited research on what our emotional state is during our midlife. That being said, I was wondering besides the hormonal changes and the symptoms of those changes what do women endure emotionally when they are faced with the same aspects of knowing their passed the midpoint. We also must evaluate if we have made our mark on the world and if we have accomplished what we feel we wanted to. So I decided I would like to find out if there are any steps that can be taken to ensure our emotional wellbeing. I know the “empty nest syndrome” is a major factor for many women. I am just starting the realization that my kids are grown and have their own lives to live. They have been my center, what I define my life by. Now I have to move on and accept they still need me but at a much different level. I must find another concentration in life, and I need to make it about me and what I want for me. So my quest is to find out if the rest of my life can be as fulfilling as the beginning has been. I will always be a mother and a grandmother, hopefully of many more grandchildren, I love being a grandma. I found that research studies have shown that the majority of women can be just as satisfied with their lives as they were in the first half, if not more so. Women that have...
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...Middle Adulthood Jamika Golden Mercer University Middle Adulthood According to Rathus (2016), Middle Adulthood spans from ages 40 to 65. Although we may mature at different rates, our physical rates can be reversed in some cases with diet and exercise. In this stage, people go through many physical changes such as hearing and hair loss graying of hair, vision changes, and wrinkling of skin just to name a few. Middle-agers are more susceptible to diseases such as cancer, heart disease, hypertension, arthritis, and diabetes. In mid-life there is a decline in vision, many gain weight, and reduce in height. Some men develop sexual dysfunctions while women go through menopause or what is also called the change in life. The menopause transition commonly takes place between 46 and 50 years old. Symptoms vary from person to person and/or region to region. According to a study conducted on menopause in Australia and Japan, the women menopausal symptoms had many differences. Most of the Australians had symptoms of night sweats while the Japanese women reported anxiety and nervousness as their main issues. On the other hand, the regional studies showed a significant increase in depression and hot flashes across the board. Meanwhile, both regions did not show major differences in being excitable, difficulty in concentration, feeling tired or lacking energy.(Anderson, D .J, Yoshizawa, T, Gollshewski S.E, Sara E.A, Fumi.C Mary D;2004) Although this may be true studying middle age...
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...Chamberlain College of Nursing Socioautobiography Professor Adam Rafpolajd 4 October 2015 I grow up with value of being independent woman, and hard work. I came from a lower middle-class family due to my mother widowed working single mother of three children. In my family, gender didn’t affect much of my upbringing. Growing up with three problems and mother who worked 2 jobs; I didn’t really know what it meant to be what society perceived a little girl should act or dress. I wore most of my two older brothers hand me downs, my wardrobe consisted of white, blue and black oversized t-shirts and baggy blue jeans. The social norm for girls in middle school was to play with dolls, jump rope and/or discuss their latest celebrity boy crush. After school, I would hang out at my uncle’s mechanic shop where I would help fix tires, change the oil and tune-ups for cars and motorcycles. Now looking back at my childhood, I realized I wasn’t like most girls at that age. I fell in love with fixing motorcycles, by the age of 16 I could fix a carburetor and spark plugs in a motorcycle. (TCO 3, TCO 4 and TCO 6). My uncle sold his shop and because he was friends with the new owner; I was able to get my first job as a Lube Tech at 18. I truly believed that I could do anything a man could do, and deserved to be treated equally. With this in mind, I dedicated myself to being the best and hard-working employee. I received a lot of...
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...Psychological Adjustments to Aging This paper will cover the ongoing changes one makes from early adulthood to middle adulthood. Early adulthood spans from the ages of 20 and 40 and middle adulthood spans between 41 and 60. All the trials and tribulations that ensue when taking that next journey into adulthood will be addressed. They can include emotional and personal development; physical changes; decision to marry and raise a family or do you put your career first. The realization that you are no longer a young spring chicken hits some people in middle adulthood. In your mind you feel the same way you did when you were in your twenties, but the body tell you a different story. There are two different stages of love during early and middle adulthood described by. Psychologist Elaine Hatfield: there is compassionate love and passionate love. Compassionate love involves feelings of mutual respect, trust and affection, while passionate love involves intense feelings and sexual attraction. The Evolution of Social and Intimate Relationships Relationships during early adulthood can be a series of emotional and social changes. It often involves balancing intimacy and commitment with independence and freedom. According to Erikson, young adults face the controversy between intimacy and isolation. To solve this conflict, the individual wants to maintain a sense of independence while still having intimacy. A major task in early adulthood is to find a partner that is similar...
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...CHAPTER 3: THE MACRO ENVIRONMENT MGMT 488 – STRATEGY AND POLICY OVERVIEW The macro environmental analysis is the first step in creating the Environmental Analysis. The macro environment examines the general business climate as it relates to the organization, but has nothing to do with the organization itself. The macro environment is primarily concerned with major issues and upcoming changes in the environment. The acronym for the macro analysis is “STEEP.” The five areas of interest are Socio-cultural and demographics; Technology; Economic conditions; Ecology and physical environment; and Political and legal. SOCIO-CULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHICS Societal values and lifestyles change over time, and the most important of these should be discussed. For example, over the past generation, it has become acceptable for women to work outside the home – or not; smoking is not as acceptable as it once was; people are not retiring at 65; students going to college are older; and people are more aware of the environment and healthful living styles. The changes in values and lifestyles may come from many sources: medical (smoking, healthy eating, exercise); science (global warming, going “green”); economic (people working longer, women in the workforce); cultural diversity (music preferences, foods, living accommodations, medicine); and technologies (Internet dating, biodegradable plastic) are just a FEW examples. Some changes in values and lifestyles will be important to the industry...
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